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Auction 172, Lot 497
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"Moschovia Nuova Tavola", Ruscelli, Girolamo

Subject: Eastern Europe, Russia

Period: 1574 (published)

Publication: La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino

Color: Black & White

Size:
9.3 x 6.9 inches
23.6 x 17.5 cm
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An early map that includes portions of present-day Latvia and Lithuania, Belarus and the Ukraine. Riga and Vilnius are both named, and the map is filled with pictorial representations of topography as well as small tents to represent Tartar camps. Italian text on verso with large historiated letter "L."

References: Mickwitz & Miekkavaara #220-53.

Condition: B+

A very dark impression with printer's ink residue, light offsetting, and a small stain along the centerfold.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $120

Closed on 4/17/2019

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